Thursday tip for tastier meals

Ok I know, two in a day, right? I had a few extra minutes and both of these weren't too in depth.

I figured besides just putting recipes I could pass on a little wisdom that has worked well for us, especially now with a little one.

Plan your meals for the week, the entire week, and factor in leftovers. We had a roast chicken the other night and thinking of leftovers I planned on making chicken quesadillas with the chicken. Write down a "menu" of the meals you are going to have and on which day.
Make a separate grocery list and get everything you'll need. Your wallet will thank you and you'll be out of the store with your whole day ahead of you, no aimless wandering down aisles.

We started doing this and it works so well for many reasons.
1. There are no more "what do you want for dinner?" " I don't know what do you want?" Exchanges
2. You can plan the week how you want to. Grill on Thursday? Perfect, pick something for that day. Hubby's working late? No problem, find a crock pot recipe that he can enjoy when he gets home if you need to eat before, it is so much better than a plate in the microwave.
3. You can be prepared. How many times is it 3pm you don't know what to make so you frantically try and thaw a chicken breast for dinner. Now I just take it out the night before and put it in the fridge. You can also take the extra step of doing things ahead of time. We had steak last week and I marinated them overnight so when they were grilled the next night they were so juicy and tender I could hardly put my fork down.
See? Doesn't that look good?

We have totally switched meals around, sometimes according to weather for grilling or sometimes just because we want to but overall making dinner is so much more enjoyable now that I know what I'm making and look forward to it.

Hopefully this makes meals and grocery shopping less hassle for you and gives you more time and energy for the things you love, for me it's spending time with the little guy!